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As Rae Sremmurd jet in to perform live at the WHITE Dubai closing party, we take a look at their meteoric rise

While Mississippi-born brothers, Khalif “Swae Lee” Brown and Aaquil “Slim Jxmmi” Brown first signed a record deal back in 2013, it wasn’t until 2015 that they released their debut album, SremmLife, which went platinum.

These days, 24-year-old Khalif and Aaquil, 26, boast their own label, SremmLife Crew Records, even more platinum plaques on the wall, and a host of celebrity fans including Pharrell Williams, The Weeknd and Travis Scott. And perhaps, most iconic of all, former Beatle, Paul McCartney, who was filmed doing the Mannequin Challenge to their 2016 number one smash hit, Black Beatles.

Recently releasing their third album, SR3MM on Star Wars Day (May 4), it has quickly gained critical acclaim and DJ traction for including the boys’ solo albums, Swaecation and Jxmtroduction, making for an impressive triple offering.

And it’s not just their own projects they’ve become famous for, as Swae was Grammy nominated for his work on Beyonce’s Formation and appears on the Black Panther album.

Signed by uber-producer, Mike WiLL Made-It to his Ear Drummers label (their name, Rae Sremmurd is Ear Drummers backwards), Migo told Billboard of the brothers, “They were always hungry. Whenever I was like, ‘Let’s pass out CDs, put stickers up, meet this DJ, perform at that open-mic,’ they were with it.”

And it’s a hunger they’ll be bringing to the WHITE Dubai stage on Friday May 12. Be sure to catch their young legends in action.